Publications

(last update 01 May 2022)

My publications below are categorised in the following categories:
peer-reviewed journal publications
peer-reviewed computer science conference publications
book chapters and european commission reports
media coverage – newspapers – magazines

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications (16)

  1. van der Wal, C.N., Robinson, M. A., Bruine de Bruin, W., Gwynne, S. (2021). Evacuation Behaviors and Emergency Communications: An Analysis of Real-World Incident Videos. Safety Science, 136, 105121.
  2. van der Wal, C.N., Formolo, D., Robinson, M. A., Gwynne, S. (2021). Examining Evacuee Response to Emergency Communications with Agent-based Simulations. Sustainability, accepted for publication.
  3. Valinejad, J., Mili, L., van der Wal, C.N., Xu, Y.. (2021). Evironomic-Based Social Demand Response in Cyber-Physical-Social Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Express Briefs, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2021.3109850
  4. Gwynne, S., Amos, M., Kinateder, M., Benichou, N., Boyce, K., van der Wal, C.N., Ronchi, E. (2020). The future of evacuation drills: Assessing and enhancing evacuee performance. Safety Science, 129, 104767.
  5. Davis, M., Hughes, H., McKay, A., Robinson, M., van der Wal, C.N. (2019). Ergonomists as Designers: Computational Modelling and Simulation of Complex Socio-Technical Systems. Ergonomics, in press.
  6. Adrian J, Bode N, Amos M, Baratchi M, Beermann M, Boltes M, Corbetta A, Dezecache G, Drury J, Fu Z, Geraerts R, Gwynne S, Hofinger G, Hunt A, Kanters T, Kneidl A, Konya K, Koster G, Kupper M, Michalareas G, Neville F, Ntontis E, Reicher S, Ronchi E, Schadschneider A, Seyfried A, Shipman A, Sieben A, Spearpoint M, Sullivan GB, Templeton A, Toschi F, van der Wal C, van Schadewijk F, von Kruchten C, Wijermans N, Yucel Z, Zanlungo F, Zuriguel I. (2019) A Glossary on Research on Human Crowd Dynamics. Collective Dynamics, 4(A19), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2019.19
  7. van der Wal, C.N., Kok, R.N. (2019). Laughter-Inducing Therapies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 232, 473-488, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.018
  8. Irrmischer, M., van der Wal, C.N., Mansvelder, H.D., Linkenkaer-Hansen, K. (2018). Negative Mood and Mind Wandering Increase Long-range Temporal Correlations in Attention Fluctuations. PLOS ONE. 13(5): e0196907. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196907
  9. Jutte, B., van der Wal, C.N. (2018). Modelling of Emotional Contagion in Soccer Fans. Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXX, pp. 25-53. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99810-7_2
  10. van der Wal, C.N., Formolo, D., Robinson, M.A., Minkov, M., Bosse, T. (2017). Simulating Crowd Evacuation with Socio-Cultural, Cognitive, and Emotional Elements. Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXVII, pp. 139-177. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70647-4_11
  11. Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N. (2017). Computational Model-Based Design of Leadership Support Based on Situational Leadership. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol 93(7), 605-617. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0037549717693324
  12. Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N. (2015). Agent-Based Modelling of Emotion Contagion in Groups. Cognitive Computation Journal, vol. 7, pp. 111-136. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12559-014-9277-9
  13. Middelweerd, A., Mollee, J. S., van der Wal, C. N., Brug, J., & te Velde, S. J. (2014). Apps to promote physical activity among adults: a review and content analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,11(1), 97. https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-014-0097-9
  14.  van der Wal, C. N., & Kowalczyk, W. (2013). Detecting changing emotions in human speech by machine and humans. Applied intelligence, 39(4), 675-691. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10489-013-0449-1
  15. Bosse, T., Hoogendoorn, M., Klein, M.C.A., Treur, J.,van der Wal, C.N., and van Wissen, A. (2013). Modelling Collective Decision Making in Groups and Crowds: Integrating Social Contagion and Interacting Emotions, Beliefs and Intentions. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Journal, Vol. 27, 52-84. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10458-012-9201-1
  16. Hoogendoorn, M., Treur, J., van der Wal, C.N., van Wissen, A. (2011). Agent-Based Modelling of the Emergence of Collective States Based on Contagion of Individual States in Groups. Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence, vol. 3, pp. 152–179. https://link.springer.com/10.1007%2F978-3-642-19968-4_8

Peer-reviewed Computer Science Conference Publications (28)

  1. Van Damme, E.R.I., van der Wal, C. N., Hofstede, G.J., Brazier, F.M.T. (2022). The influence of national culture in evacuation response behaviour and time: An agent-based approach. In International Workshop on Multi-Agents Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, accepted for publication.
  2. Valinejad, J., Mili, L., van der Wal, C.N., von Spakovsky, M., Xu, Y.. (2021). Multidimensional output-oriented power system resilience based on degraded functionality, Proceedings of IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, accepted for publication.
  3. Chohra. A., Madani, K., van der Wal, C.N. (2018). Group Affect in Complex Decision-Making Systems: from Psychology to Computer Science Perspectives. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2018, pp.222-233. Springer Verlag.
  4. Formolo, D., Bosse, T., van der Wal, C.N. (2018). Studying the Impact of Trained Staff on Evacuation Scenarios by Agent-Based Simulation. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Informations, pp.85-96. Springer, Cham.
  5. Formolo, D., van der Wal, C.N. (2017). Simulating Collective Evacuations with Social Elements. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence, pp.766-777. Springer Verlag.
  6. Formolo, D., van der Wal, C.N. (2017). An Adaptive Simulation Tool for Evacuation Scenarios. In Proceedings of the EPIA Conference of Artificial Intelligence, pp.28-40. Springer Verlag.
  7. Medeiros, L., van der Wal, C.N. (2017). An Agent-based Model Predicting Group Emotion and Misbehaviours in Stranded Passengers. In Proceedings of the 18th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp.620-627. Springer Verlag.
  8. van der Wal, C.N., Formolo, D., Bosse, T. (2017). An agent-based evacuation model with social contagion mechanisms and cultural factors. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA_AIE’17, pp.611-619. Springer Verlag.
  9. van der Wal, C.N., Couwenberg, M., Bosse, T. (2017). Getting Frustrated: Modelling Emotion Contagion in Stranded Passengers. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA_AIE’17, pp. 611-619. Springer Verlag.
  10. C.N. van der Wal, A. Hermans, T. Bosse (2017). Inducing Fear: Difference Between Virtual Reality and 2D Video. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 711-720. Springer Verlag.
  11. B. Jutte & C.N. van der Wal (2016). Cognitive Modelling of Emotion Contagion in a Crowd of Soccer Supporter Agents. In International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (pp. 40-52). Springer International Publishing.
  12. C.N. van der Wal, M. Irrmischer. (2015). Measuring Emotion Regulation with Single Dry Electrode Brain Computer Interface. In: Proceedings of the Brain Informatics and Health Conference 2015. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. pp. 181-191.
  13. C.N. van der Wal, M. Irrmischer. (2015). Myndplay: Measuring Attention Regulation with Single Dry Electrode Brain Computer Interface. In: Proceedings of the Brain Informatics and Health Conference 2015. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. pp. 192-201.
  14. Mollee, J.S. and van der Wal, C. N. (2013). A Computational Agent Model of Influences on Physical Activity Based on the Social Cognitive Theory. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA’13, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Volume 8291, pp. 478-485. Springer Verlag.
  15. Aziz, A.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., An Ambient Agent Model for Support of Informal Caregivers During Stress. In: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE’12. Springer Verlag, 2012, to appear.
  16. Boersma, K., Passenier, D., Mollee, J. and van der Wal, C.N.  Crisis Management Evaluation: Formalisation & Analysis of Communication During Fire Incident Amsterdam Airport Train Tunnel. In: Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS’12. European Council on Modeling and Simulation, 2012, to appear.
  17. Kowalczyk, W. and van der Wal, C.N. , Detecting Changing Emotions in Natural Speech. In: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE’12. Springer Verlag, 2012, to appear.
  18. Aziz, A.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N. , An Agent-Based Model for Integrated Contagion and Regulation of Negative Mood. In: Kinny, D., Hsu, D. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA’11. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 7047, pp. 83-96. Springer-Verlag, 2011.
  19. Bosse, T., Chandra, V., Mitleton-Kelly, E. and van der Wal, C.N. , Analysis of Beliefs of Survivors of the 7-7 London Bombings: Application of a Formal Model for Contagion of Mental States. In: Lu, B., Zhang, L. and Kwok, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP’11. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2011, to appear.
  20. Bosse, T., Hoogendoorn, M., Klein, M.C.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., Agent-Based Analysis of Patterns in Crowd Behaviour Involving Contagion of Mental States. In: Ali, M. et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE’11. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2011, Vol 6704, pp. 566-577.
  21. Hoogendoorn, M., Treur, J., van der Wal, C.N. , and Wissen, A. van, Modelling the Interplay of Emotions, Beliefs and Intentions within Collective Decision Making Based on Insights from Social Neuroscience. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP’10. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2010, pp. 196-206.
  22. Hoogendoorn, M., Treur, J., van der Wal, C.N. , and van Wissen, A., An Agent-Based Model for the Interplay of Information and Emotion in Social Diffusion. In: Huang, X.J., Ghorbani, A.A., Hacid, M.-S., Yamaguchi, T. (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT’10. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2010, pp. 439-444.
  23. Hoogendoorn, M., Treur, J., van der Wal, C.N. , and van Wissen, A., Modelling the Emergence of Group Decisions Based on Mirroring and Somatic Marking. In: Yao, Y., Sun, R., Poggio, T., Liu, J., Zhong, N., and Huang, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI’10. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 6334, Springer Verlag, 2010, pp. 29-41.
  24. Aziz, A.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N. , Modelling Caregiving Interactions During Stress. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI’10. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2010, pp. 263-273.
  25. Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N. , A Multi-Agent Model for Mutual Absorption of Emotions. In: Otamendi, J., Bargiela, A., Montes, J.L., Pedrera, L.M.D. (eds.), Proceedings of the 23th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS’09. European Council on Modeling and Simulation, 2009, pp. 212-218.
  26. Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., An Ambient Agent Model for Group Emotion Support. In: Cohn, J., Nijholt, A., Pantic, M.(eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII’09. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009, pp. 550-557.
  27. Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., An Ambient Agent Model for Group Development Support. In: Baeza-Yates, R., Lang, J., Mitra, S., Parsons, S., Pasi, G. (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT’09. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009, pp. 505-510.
  28. Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., A Multi-Agent Model for Emotion Contagion Spirals Integrated within a Supporting Ambient Agent Model. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Principles of Practice in Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA’09. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag, 2009, pp. 48–67.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters, European Commission Reports, Conference Abstracts (11)

  1. van der Wal, C.N., (2019) Risky Decisions and Risk Communications in Real-world Emergency Evacuations. Conference Abstract of the 2019 Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making Conference (SPUDM).
  2. van der Wal, C.N., (2018) Human Behaviors During Evacuation: “Run, Hide and Tell” or “Run, Hide and Film”?. Extended Conference Abstract in the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pedestrian Evacuation Dynamics (PED).
  3. van der Wal, C.N., Formolo, D., Medeiros, L., Robinson, M. (2017). D2.4 – Structured Simulations with the Single Agent Domain Model. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  4. van der Wal, C.N. , Formolo, D., Robinson, M., Bosse, T. (2017). D2.3 – Internal and External Validation of the Computational Agent-based Model. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  5. van der Wal, C.N. , Formolo, D., Medeiros, L., (2017). D2.2 – Computational Agent-based Crowd Model. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  6. van der Wal, C.N. , Robinson,M.,Cichomska, K., Minkov, M., Dambra, C., Tedeschi, A & Rozzi, S. (2016). D2.1 – Synthesis of Theoretical Framework and Translation into Conceptual Model. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  7. Cichomska, K., Robinson,Minkov, M., M. A.,  Davis, M.,  Blagoev, V., van der Wal, C.N., Karbownik, A., Sengur, F., Turhan, U., Giuricin, A., Dambra, C., Rozzi, S., Tedeschi, A & Golfetti, A. (2016). D1.3 – Theoretical Framework of Cross-Cultural and Psycho-Social Crowd Behaviour and Management in Transport Terminals. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  8. Robinson, M. A., Cichomska, K., Davis, M., Minkov, M., Blagoev, V., van der Wal, C.N., Turhan, U., Karbownik, A., Giuricin, A., Rozzi, S., & Tedeschi, A. (2015). D1.1 – Review and Critical Analysis of Multi-Cultural Crowd Behaviour in Emergencies. IMPACT Project, report for the European Commission. Retrieved from: www.impact-csa.eu
  9. Bosse, T., Hoogendoorn, M., Sharpanskykh, A., Treur, J., van der Wal, C.N.,cvan Wissen, A.  (2013). Agent-based Modelling of Social Emotional Decision Making in Emergency Situations.  In: Mitleton-Kelly, E. (Ed.), Co-evolution of Intelligent Socio-technical Systems: Modelling and Applications in Large Scale Emergency and Transport Domains. Springer Verlag.
  10. Duell, R., Memon, Z.A., Treur, J., and van der Wal, C.N., Ambient Support for Group Emotion: an Agent-Based Model. In: T. Bosse (ed.), Agent-Based Approaches to Ambient Intelligence. IOS Press, Vol 12, 2012.
    Preliminary version:
  11. van der Wal, C.N. . Social Agents. Agent-Based Modelling of Integrated Internal and Social Dynamics of Cognitive and Affective Processes. Ph.D. Thesis. ISBN 978-90-8570-783-7.

Media Coverage

2020: Project Repository Journal.  “Project EVACUATION: Testing communication strategies to save lives in emergency evacuation”.

2020: ABC Radio National, Australia. “Is laughter really the best medicine?” – on my meta-analysis of the effectiveness of laughter therapies

2020: Leeds University Business School. “Podcast: Form laughter therapy to testing communication strategies for emergency evacuations”

2020: ITV News, United Kingdom. “Is blue Monday real’?” – on predicting emotions and preventing depression.

2019: Research Blog Event Safety Institute, The Netherlands. “Possible solutions to prevent dangerous behaviours during evacuations’.

2019: Research Blog Leeds University Business School, UK. “Possible solutions preventing dangerous evacuation behaviours: Results from interviews with crowd safety experts’

2019: Research Blog Leeds University Business School, UK. “What happens when a researcher attends a conference?’

2019: Research Blog Leeds University Business School, UK. “Learning about evacuations and crowds’

2019: article “Evacuation behaviour during fire: do’s and don’ts” In Magazine and Online Platform ‘Brandveilig.com’ Read Vluchtgedrag: wat doen we wel en niet?

2018: article “Laughter really is healthy!” in online Magazine ‘Vive+’. Read Lachen is echt gezond

2018: article “Social and Cultural Factors in Evacuation Simulations” In Magazine and Online Platform ‘Brandveilig.com’. Read Vluchtwegen simulatie

2017: article “an evacuation model that takes human behaviour into account” in Dutch newspaper ‘De Volkskrant’, read here

2017: live interview Bloomberg TV “the role of culture in crowd emergency management & prevention”, see here

2015: article in Laughter! Magazine (Dutch), read here

2013-2014: Newspaper ‘De Volkskrant’: ‘Healthier Eating Habits Through App’. Natalie’s research wil be followed by the Dutch newspaper ‘De Volkskrant’. Read here.

2012: Science Magazine ‘Quest’: Watch Natalie talking about recent research (Dutch): Onderzoek in 1 minuut: Telefoon meet stemming

2012: Radio ‘BNR’: Natalie talks about her research on Dutch radio (Dutch) : 4-4-2012.